Vegetable and fruit display table



March 15, 1932. H. KODANI 1,849,191 5 VEGETABLE AND FRUIT DISPLAY TABLE Filed March 9, 1931 5 INvsNrow;

6 HANGo Kommr. BVAITY: Q 5 I 9 0 Patented Mar. 15, 1932 V HANGO KODANI, on LOS ANGELES,VCAL1IFORNIA vnenmnnn AND FRUIT DISPLAY TABLE Application filed Mach 9, v1931. Serial No. 521,206.

' eign matter may This invention relates to improvementsin vegetable and fruit display tables, and its objects are to provide in combination with a sup porting table, means for keeping cool any 5 fruit and vegetables that may be disposed thereon, to provide means whereby vegetables or fruit may be readily drained after wash; ing, and to provide a tray and inclined surface for the table whereby dirt, soil, and forthe floor around the table. o

In carrying out the'invention, I provide a circular or curved form of table, having aninclined upper surface which has a'sheet' metal covering, a. plurality of cooling pipes disposed thereon, and partition members supporting and spacing the pipes, a tray extending around the lower edge of the table, and

I drain pipes leading from the tray, all serving to protect and cool the fruit and vegetables that may be disposed on the table, and to provide means whereby they may be cleaned and thereafter dried for abetter displaythereof. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan I view of a table embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on line 33, of Fig. 1.-

Referring in detail to the drawings,the

' table has an inclined top 4, formed as a seg-' ment of a circle, and supported bylegs 5 and 6, which, at the'bottom, are'connected by braces-7.' A front wall 8 extends from end to end of the table, member 9 co-extending therewith, at the bottom thereof, and has a flange 10 forming a tray extending around the lowertop edge 11, and at the rear a flange 12.; Cross-braces 13 support the table top-4, which is covered by tained in position and spaced apart by partition members 16. In connection with tray 17, formed by flange 10, I provide drain pipes 18, leading therefrom, and which may beconnected to a sewer or any waste water con tainer. The refrigerating pipe 15 may be connected to any refrigerating source (not shown).

0 In use, the vegetables and fruit may be 5 5 piled or disposed on the table. To cleansethe vegetables, and

be kept from dropping on off from the table top..

and has a reinforcing.

a sheet-metal cover 14. A refrigerating pipe 15 is disposed on the table top, and is mainsame, any means, such as sprinklers, may employed to throw water on the fruit orvegetables, andwill flowjto the tray and thence through the drain pipes. The partition members will separate the varieties of fruit'or 65 will further serve to deflect thecool moisture emanating from the pipe.1 5,

upwardly; Pipe 15 also serves to maintain the fruit orvegetables in position, andfprevents the same from sliding into the trayand 7 From the foregoing description and draw- L 1 ings, it may be seen that I have provided a table well adapted to supportfruit or vegetables in a display position, to maintain them a v I separately relative to one another, to keep the fruit or vegetables in coolcondition, and

l to allow'the same to be cleansed by sprinkling with water, and to prevent soil or dirt from dropping on the floor around the table.

What is claimed is: V 1. In a display table, the combination with a segmental andinclined table top, of a'drain tray extending around the outer and lower edge of the top, legs supporting the table top, 5

and a front and end wallmember coextending with the drain tray.

2. The combinatlonwith a segmental and inclined table top and a tray integral there.

with and extending around the lower and .80 I

outer edge thereof, and legs supporting the table top, of an upwardly-extending flange around the inner edgeof the top, and a plurality of radially disposed partition members extending from theinner fla ge to t 1:

tray. I H HANGO KODANI. 

